program. this is the rocket defense system that has worked relatively effectively at getting good reviews now. this is a system that the united states has helped design and pay for to assist israel. it has picked off maybe a third of the rockets that have headed into israeli territory over the past several days. they also talked about the need for a deescalation of what is happening. this exchange of rocket fire. the president also exchanging calls in the last 24 hours with the leader of turkey, the newly installed president of egypt, mohamed morsi, trying to encourage them to engage with hamas. of course, hamas is classified technically with the u.s. government as a terrorist organization, there are no formal ties, trying to engage hamas to stop this rocket attack to come to some sort of solution so cooler heads can prevail, mara. one of the things in terms of the political issue here, the president in the past has been criticized for not being strong enough in his support of israel
do not feel like the unemployment situation is working well enough for them and their families and this coming together as we have a big deadline coming up for the super community to figure out how to get our debts and deficits in order. the rest of the world looking at us and worried how serious the u.s. is about political harmony. a lot of different fronts all moving at once. you add in europe and the sense of confidence, this lack of confidence around the world and that is what we are dealing with still this morning on a friday morning. kyra? . we are sitting back wondering where the heck are futures headed? alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. what do you think? reporter: we are 30 minutes from the opening bell and the thing their worse levels of the morning but we are still seeing another triple digit drop on the dow. all major averages right now down more than 1%. this is just more of the same. continuation of yesterday s sell-off. we have seen circling t
difficult budget environment, you have fought for an increase in assistance. [applause]. and, in addition, you understand the small democracies like that small democracies like israel are particularly vulnerable. that is why we appreciate that you proposed and israel received more than $200 million to fund israel s iron dome, rocket defense system. [applause]. this new technology is protecting the people of israel from rocket fire, from the iran-backed terrorist group, hamas. and, mr. president, you have elevated the issue of iran, here in the united states, and, in the international community. we appreciate your determination to ensure that preventing iran from developing a nuclear weapon
case have made it harder to create jobs and economics. we have risked the lives of americans, we have to have the courage to tell the truth about who is trying it kill us. it s not a random behavior. the radical islamists. and five months away the iowa straw poll. and it s hard to believe. i know, it feels like just yesterday another election, it s you exciting, i m ready, too, let me tell you what else events overnight as you were sleeping. major spike in radiation levels at japan s failing nuclear complex. crews had to evacuate, of after it was ten million times higher than normal and meanwhile, scientists in the u.s. say tiny particles of radiation from japan have reached nevada, but they pose no health risks they say. a new rocket defense system
east. oil prices did pull back a little bit today but still remain above hundred a barrel. israel, serious problems there. activating it s so-called iron dome. a high-tech rocket defense system designed to protect the country from attacks. they demonstrated the system firing missiles to targets of incoming rockets. israeli defense minister is now ordering the deployment of this iron dome thing to protect the south of israel after a week of rocket attacks by militants in gaza. just in to fox news, controversial law that is meant to strip away union powers in wisconsin could go into effect as early as tomorrow. this news after a judge temporarily blocked it last week. new details in a live report straight away. i like to make my own investment decisions. excuse me, what is that? oh, i m a fidelity customer.